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|Definition=ατος, τό, ([[μαθεῖν]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is learnt]], [[lesson]], [[τὰ δέ μοι παθήματα μαθήματα γέγονε]] = my [[misfortune]]s have become [[lesson]]s to me Hdt.1.207; μ. [[μαθεῖν]] S.''Ph.''918; μ. τινός or περί τι, Pl.''Smp.''211 c, ''R.''525d; προσπορεύεται πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ μαθήματα ''PCair.Zen.''60.7 (iii B. C.); ἀφεῖσθαι τοὺς παῖδας ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων ''SIG''577.77 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), cf. 578.28 (Teos, ii B. C.), al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[learning]], [[knowledge]], Ar.''Nu.''1231, ''Av.''380, Th.2.39, ''PSI''1.94.9 (ii A. D.), etc.; οἱ καθιστάμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν μαθημάτων = [[educational]] [[authority|authorities]], ''SIG''578.66 (Teos, ii B. C.); τὸ μάθημα τὸ περὶ τὰς τάξεις = the [[science]] of [[tactics]], Pl.''La.''182b: freq. in plural, Isoc.12.27, etc.; μαθημάτων φρόντιζε μᾶλλον χρημάτων· τὰ γὰρ μαθήματ' εὐπορεῖ τὰ [[χρήμα]]τα Philem. 232.<br><span class="bld">3</span> esp. [[the mathematical sciences]], Archyt.1,3 tit.; [[τρία μαθήματα]], i. e. [[arithmetic]], [[geometry]], and [[astronomy]], acc. to Pl.''Lg.''817e, cf. Phld. ''Ind.Sto.''66; later [[τὰ τέσσαρα μαθήματα]] ([[ἁρμονική]] being added) ''Theol.Ar.''17; Arist. distinguished pure from mixed μ., τὰ φυσικώτερα τῶν μαθημάτων, οἷον ὀπτικὴ καὶ [[ἁρμονικὴ]] καὶ [[ἀστρονομία]] ''Ph.'' 194a8; ἡ ἐν τοῖς μ. [[ἁρμονική]] ''Metaph.''997b21; τὰ μ. περὶ τὰ εἴδη ἐστίν ''APo.''79a7; οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων = [[mathematician]]s, Cleom.1.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[astrology]], AP7.687 (Pall.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[creed]], Cod.Just.1.1.7.11, al.